Outlaw capital : everyday illegalities and the making of uneven development / Jennifer L. Tucker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tucker, Jennifer L., author.

Series:

Geographies of justice and social transformation ; 59.

Geographies of justice and social transformation ; 59

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Capitalism--Moral and ethical aspects--Paraguay--Ciudad del Este.

Capitalism.

Informal sector (Economics)--Paraguay--Ciudad del Este.

Informal sector (Economics).

Community development, Urban--Paraguay--Ciudad del Este.

Community development, Urban.

Ciudad del Este (Paraguay)--Economic conditions.

Ciudad del Este (Paraguay).

Ciudad del Este (Paraguay)--Social conditions.

Capitalism--Moral and ethical aspects.

Economic history.

Social conditions.

Paraguay--Ciudad del Este.

Physical Description:

xii, 255 pages : illustrations (black and white), maps ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Athens : The University of Georgia Press, [2023]

Summary:

"Outlaw Capital explores the ethnographic case of Ciudad del Este, Paraguay, which is described as the "largest illicit economy in the Western Hemisphere." Jennifer Lee Tucker details the city's transformation from a tiny frontier outpost into a global trading hub and demonstrates the key contradictions of outlaw capital: tens of thousands of poor street vendors and traders depend on the border economy, yet outlaw capital also reproduces stark inequalities and undermines democratic practice. The book explores the politics and power of what Tucker calls outlaw capital, profits made in so-called "black markets.""-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction

Notorious Markets

Contraband Urbanism

Schemes and State Power

Urban Livelihood Rights

Enclosure Devices

Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

9780820364476

0820364479

9780820364483

0820364487

OCLC:

1370249302